The Meaning of Job 30:28 Explained

Job 30:28

KJV: I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

YLT: Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.

Darby: I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.

ASV: I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I went  mourning  without the sun:  I stood up,  [and] I cried  in the congregation. 

What does Job 30:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:28 mean?

Mourning I go about but not in the sun I stand up in the assembly [and] cry out for help
קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ

קֹדֵ֣ר  Mourning 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: קָדַר  
Sense: to mourn, be dark.
הִ֭לַּכְתִּי  I  go  about 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בְּלֹ֣א  but  not 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
חַמָּ֑ה  in  the  sun 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַמָּה  
Sense: sun, heat of the sun, heat.
קַ֖מְתִּי  I  stand  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
בַקָּהָ֣ל  in  the  assembly 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ  [and]  cry  out  for  help 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁוַע  
Sense: (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout.